Octopus Energy · London · VAT included
Has Octopus Energy beaten the price cap?
Agile Octopus has beaten the price cap in 21 of the last 22 complete months in London.
Each month is costed both ways on the same consumption, in the same region, on a direct debit basis, with standing charges included on both sides. A month counts only when we hold every day of it.
Your postcode is sent once to Octopus Energy’s public region lookup — the same one they bill from. We do not put it in the URL, analytics or database, and do not keep it.
Month by month against the cap
On the ordinary household, single-rate meter profile at 2,500 kWh a year, 2024-07-07 to 2026-08-06. “Under” means the tariff cost less than the cap that month; “partial” means we do not hold the whole month and it is not counted either way.
Beat the cap in 21 of 22 complete months
Across those months it came to £256.99 less than the cap in total, on the same consumption.
Built for households with home battery. Scored here on the same ordinary consumption shape as every other tariff, which is not the one it is priced for.
- Sept 24partial
- Oct 24under
- Nov 24under
- Dec 24under
- Jan 25over
- Feb 25under
- Mar 25under
- Apr 25under
- May 25under
- Jun 25under
- Jul 25under
- Aug 25under
- Sept 25under
- Oct 25under
- Nov 25under
- Dec 25under
- Jan 26under
- Feb 26under
- Mar 26under
- Apr 26under
- May 26under
- Jun 26under
- Jul 26under
- Aug 26partial
Beat the cap in 13 of 24 complete months
Across those months it came to £39.47 less than the cap in total, on the same consumption.
Built for households with solar or other generation, home battery. Scored here on the same ordinary consumption shape as every other tariff, which is not the one it is priced for.
- Jul 24partial
- Aug 24over
- Sept 24over
- Oct 24over
- Nov 24over
- Dec 24over
- Jan 25over
- Feb 25over
- Mar 25over
- Apr 25over
- May 25over
- Jun 25over
- Jul 25under
- Aug 25under
- Sept 25under
- Oct 25under
- Nov 25under
- Dec 25under
- Jan 26under
- Feb 26under
- Mar 26under
- Apr 26under
- May 26under
- Jun 26under
- Jul 26under
- Aug 26partial
Beat the cap in 0 of 24 complete months
Across those months it came to £21.06 more than the cap in total, on the same consumption.
Built for households with solar or other generation, home battery. Scored here on the same ordinary consumption shape as every other tariff, which is not the one it is priced for.
- Jul 24partial
- Aug 24over
- Sept 24over
- Oct 24over
- Nov 24over
- Dec 24over
- Jan 25over
- Feb 25over
- Mar 25over
- Apr 25over
- May 25over
- Jun 25over
- Jul 25over
- Aug 25over
- Sept 25over
- Oct 25over
- Nov 25over
- Dec 25over
- Jan 26over
- Feb 26over
- Mar 26over
- Apr 26over
- May 26over
- Jun 26over
- Jul 26over
- Aug 26partial
How a month is decided
The tariff’s real half-hourly prices are weighted by when the ordinary household, single-rate meter profile uses electricity, then costed at 2,500kWh a year with its standing charge added. The cap is costed identically, using Ofgem’s published unit rate and standing charge for the same region and quarter.
One consumption figure is used across the whole series on purpose. Ofgem’s own benchmark consumption changed twice in this window, and following it would show jumps that were never price movements.
A month where we hold fewer than every day, or where no cap covers the whole month, is shown but not counted. “We cannot say” and “it did not beat the cap” are different answers and the table keeps them apart.
The profile is an assumption about when electricity is used, not a measurement of your home. If you have your own half-hourly data the smart-meter replay costs your actual readings instead.